A boy. A jungle. An extraordinary friendship.Growing up in the Peruvian Amazon, Tom's childhood is filled with exotic wildlife, hidden dangers, and the quiet wonders of life in a remote jungle village. From towering trees to mysterious rivers, every day brings a new discovery-and a new challenge.By his side is Twiig, a witty walking stick insect who speaks into his mind and becomes his closest companion. Together, they navigate the beauty and unpredictabili...

The evidence for human-induced climate change is now overwhelming, the brunt of its impacts is already being felt by poor people, and the case for urgent action is compelling. This book addresses the two greatest challenges of our time – averting catastrophic climate change and eradicating poverty – and the close interconnections between them.Climate Change and Development provides a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary foundation for understanding the complex and tangled relations...

Drawing on evidence from urban resilience initiatives around the globe, the authors make a compelling argument for a "resilience reset", a pause and stocktake that critically examines the concepts, practices and challenges of building resilience, particularly in cities of the Global South.In turn, the book calls for the world’s cities to alter their course and "pivot" towards novel approaches to enhancing resilience. The book presents shifts in ways of acquiring and analysing data,...

Thomas Pynchon is now recognized as a major contemporary novelist and perhaps the most important American writer since Melville. His work is both richly imaginative and amazingly erudite and can be compared, in its complexity, linguistic playfulness and experimentation and wealth of allusion, to the work of James Joyce. Aspects of history, psychology, technology and science, cultural and political movements, problems of identity and society and the status and function of fiction and narrat...

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet einen fundierten Überblick über lerntheoretische Grundlagen, altbewährte sowie moderne und integrative Techniken und Methoden wie auch das praktische Vorgehen der klassischen und kognitiven Verhaltenstherapie. Dabei wird ein umfassendes Spektrum störungsspezifischer Anwendungsgebiete beleuchtet. Berücksichtigt werden Änderungen im aktuellen Diagnosesystem ICD-11, verschiedene Settingbedingungen, neue Entwicklungen der "Dritten Welle" sowie Methoden und Verfahren in E...

In "Memoranda on Poisons," Thomas Hawkes Tanner presents a comprehensive exploration of toxicological substances, intertwining scientific rigor with an accessible literary style that reflects the Victorian era's burgeoning fascination with chemistry and medicine. Tanner meticulously catalogues a vast array of poisons, discussing their properties, effects, and various applications in both medicinal and criminological contexts. His systematic approach not only serves as a reference for medic...

In "Memoranda on Poisons," Thomas Hawkes Tanner presents a meticulous examination of toxic substances, synthesizing scientific knowledge and practical insights into an accessible format. The book is characterized by its scholarly prose, rich with detailed observations and a commitment to empirical validation. Tanner interweaves historical anecdotes with contemporary findings, illustrating the evolution of toxicological understanding. By effectively paralleling the dangers posed by poisons ...

From REMINGTON KANE, the author of The TAKEN! Series & The TANNER SeriesTHE ABDUCTION OF THOMAS LAWSON - A TAKEN!/TANNER Novel - Book 3When a rogue CIA agent and a group of military contractors kidnap Thomas Lawson, Mr. White and Tanner vow to free him. And as if those two extraordinary men weren't enough, Blue Steele and Jake Caliber join the fight. Will they be in time to save Lawson, or will the mysterious man be forced...

La COVID-19 a provoqué la crise mondiale la plus importante et la plus globale du 21e siècle. Pour certains, les répercussions ont été rapides et dramatiques, la pandémie poussant des dizaines de millions de personnes dans la pauvreté et générant une insécurité alimentaire extrême. Pour d’autres, les transformations bouillonnent encore sous la surface et des questions demeurent quant à savoir si les changements de société induits par la COVID-19 perdureront dans la période post-pandémique....

A galaxy of voices. A universe of belonging.The innovative fictions in Infinite Constellations showcase the voices and visions of 30 remarkable writers, both new and established, from the global majority: Native American/First Nation writers, South Asian writers, East Asian writers, Black American writers, Latinx writers, and Caribbean and Middle Eastern writers. These are visions both familiar and strange, but always rooted in the mystery of huma...

This book is about an elderly farmer struggling with drought conditions. In his quest to survive strange things that are happening to him, he gets a lot of help from the heavens, which enables him to survive.

One Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution of One Health collaborations to real-world issues such as sanitation, economics, food security and vaccination programmes. It includes more non-infectious disease issues and climate change discus...